Sweet Basil - Ocimum basilicum- The Essential Oil of Empowerment: How To Heal The Mind Body Spirit With Medicinal Plants And Aromatherapy

In clinical trials, Sweet Basil is proving to be one of the most effective treatments we have for treating depression. Its mood enhancing benefits come from a constituent called linalol which, thanks to 21st century medicine, we know is due to the way it activates the GABA pathways in the body. It lifts the mood and is hypnotically relaxing whilst it invigorates too. It clears the head and focuses the mind - so then Basil would feel to be a most benign herb. Ancient medicine though, has a d...